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- He twice attempted to enter parliament, once as a Democratic Party candidate for the Senate in the 1953 election, and as an Independent Democrat for the House of Representatives seat of McPherson in 1954.
- He was a member of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland and its president in 1933–34, 1943–45 and 1953–68.
- He was member of the National Trust of Queensland and president from 1966 to 1971.
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